CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – UMBC senior
diver Andrew
Eckhoff (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) placed 23rd in the
men's 1-meter diving competition, while sophomore Katie
Bean (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) and freshman Corinna Darelius (Rye, N.Y./Rye) both finished in
the top-30 for the women's 3-meter event, Friday at the
Christiansburg Aquatic Center on Day One of the NCAA Zone "A"
Diving meet.
Competing at the Zones meet for the second-straight year,
Eckhoff posted a score of 257.05, but did not advance to the
finals. Teammate Ryan
Green (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial), finished 32nd with
a score of 235.80. Virginia Tech's Logan Shinholser,
brother of former UMBC diver Amanda
Shinholser, won the competition with Harvard's Miachel
Mosca placing second to also advance to the NCAA Championships.
Eckhoff is a two-time America East Most Outstanding Male Diver
after sweeping the two diving competitions at the conference meet
for the second-straight year. In addition, earlier this
week he was named to the conference All-Academic Team for the third
straight year, while Green was also listed on the squad.
In the women's 3-meter event, Bean, a silver medalist in the
event at both the America East Championships and ECAC
Championships, scored 244.60, missing out on the finals by 4.05
points and placing 21st. Darelius finished in 28th at
the regional meet with a prelims score of 216.65.
The 2013 NCAA Zone "A" Diving Meet will continue on Saturday at
12L00 p.m. with the prelims of the women's 1-meter and men's
3-meter competitions. The finals then be held, beginning
around 2:30. The Zones meet will wrap up on Sunday with
the prelims and finals for the men's and women's platform diving
competition.
